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PHILLIPS, Owen was born on December 30, 1930 in Parramatta, N.S.W., Australia. Son of Richard Keith Phillips and Madeline Constance (Lofts).
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The formation of ore deposits and the patterns of mineral alteration in rocks frequently involves the transport of large amounts of dissolved solids, sometimes transiently, but often over long periods of time. Knowing or suspecting this, we logically seek to resolve several questions: What are the large- and small-scale patterns of flow in geological materials? What is the direction and rate of flow in a given structure? What factors control the rates of chemical reaction within the rocks? What governs the dissolution of materials in some regions and their deposition in other areas that, over eons, leads to the distribution of minerals we see today? The search for answers to these issues involves a combination of approaches and subjects that includes geochemistry, structural geology, and fluid mechanics. In Flow and Reactions in Permeable Rocks, Dr. Owen Phillips provides the first book-length work that connects these different fields of study and applies them to the problem of flow and flow-controlled reaction in rocks. The author begins by specifying the general physical and chemical principles that govern fluid flow and chemical reactions in rocks. He then develops the theoretical underpinnings for a variety of different patterns of flow and for the three basic types of flow-controlled reaction: fronts, gradient reactions, and reactions in mixing zones. In the next chapter he explores some conditions for stability and instability in fluid flow, for instance the conditions under which one state of flow pattern spontaneously evolves into another. Finally, Dr. Phillips describes in detail the two great driving forces of large-scale fluid circulation in rocks: pressure differences and thermal convection. Typical geological examples are given and, wherever possible, compared to numerical results or field observations. The analytical developments require some familiarity with college-level mathematics, but derivations are easy to follow or may even be skipped by the trusting reader.
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PHILLIPS, Owen was born on December 30, 1930 in Parramatta, N.S.W., Australia. Son of Richard Keith Phillips and Madeline Constance (Lofts).
Bachelor of Science, Sydney (Australia) U., 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University Cambridge (England), 1955.
Research fellow, Imperial Chemical Industries, U. Cambridge, 1955-1957;
assistant professor, then associate professor, Johns Hopkins, 1957-1961;
assistant director research, U. Cambridge, 1961-1964;
professor geophysical mechanics, Johns Hopkins, since 1964;
department chairman earth and planetary science, Johns Hopkins, 1971-1977, 88-89;
Decker professor science and engineering, Johns Hopkins, since 1975. Conservation to industry, since 1960. Member council members National Center Atmospheric Research, 1964-1967, chairman review and goals, 1965-1967.
Member committee globalatmospheric research project National Academy Science, 1967-1969. Member Watermanaward committee National Science Foundation, 1975-1977.
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Trustee Roland Park Country School, 1974-1981. Trustee Chesapeake Research Consortium, 1972-1976, secretary, 1972. Fellow Royal Society (London), American Meteorological Society (publications commission 1971-1977, planning committee 1983-1984).
Member National Academy Engineering, American Geophysical Union, Maryland. Academy Science (science county 1974-1985, president 1979-1985, trustee 1985-1987), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Merle Winifred Simons, August 8, 1953. Children: Lynette Michelle, Christopher Ian, Bronwyn Ann, Michael Stuart.